2020 French municipal elections

2020 French municipal elections

15 March 2020 and 28 June 2020

The 2020 French municipal elections were held from 15 March to 28 June to renew the municipal councils of the approximately 35,000 French communes. The first round took place on 15 March and the second round was postponed to 28 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Electoral system

Municipal elections in France result in the renewal of the members of municipal councils in every commune, and are held every 6 years. With the exception of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, the electoral subdivision is the commune itself. In Paris, separate elections are held for each arrondissement, as is the case in Lyon, where elections are also held by arrondissement; in Marseille, elections are held within sectors containing two arrondissements each.

Election is open to European citizens living in the country, but since 2020, 800 English/British people have lost their electoral capacities due to Brexit.

The number of municipal councillors within each commune is dependent upon its population, from a minimum of 7 for communes with a population less than 100 to 69 for those with a population of 300,000 or more (with the exception of the three largest cities). The electoral system within each commune is also dependent on its population.

In communes with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, two-round majority-at-large voting with panachage is used, with candidates elected in the first round should they receive an absolute majority of votes cast and at least a quarter of the number of individuals registered on the electoral rolls. The remaining seats are filled in the second round, in which only a plurality of votes is required to be elected. The requirement for gender parity is also void in these smaller communes.

In communes with 1,000 or more inhabitants, electoral lists contest a two-round proportional representation system with a majority bonus. Should a list receive an absolute majority of votes cast in the first round, it will receive half of all seats and the rest of the seats will be distributed proportionally among electoral lists with at least 5% of votes using the D'Hondt method. If a second round is necessitated, only lists which received at least 10% of valid votes in the first round proceed, and may merge with other lists which received at least 5% of votes cast in the first round. Seats are then allocated using the same method as the first round, guaranteeing a majority for the list with a relative majority of votes.

In the three largest cities, the election of municipal councils and arrondissement councils takes place simultaneously, and follow the same electoral method as that for communes with 1,000 or more inhabitants within each electoral division (whether arrondissement or sector). Mayors are elected in a two-round secret ballot requiring an absolute majority, and otherwise with a plurality of votes from municipal councillors if a third round is required.

The election of councillors to intercommunal structures also takes place concurrently with the municipal elections; in communes with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, they are chosen "in the order of the table" (mayors, deputy mayors, and councillors), while in larger communes, they are elected simultaneously.

The number of municipal councillors elected in each commune is determined as a function of its population, ranging from 7 to 69 in all communes except for the three largest cities.

Population	<100	<500	<1,500	<2,500	<3,500	<5,000	<10,000	<20,000	<30,000	<40,000	<50,000
Municipal councillors	7	11	15	19	23	27	29	33	35	39	43
Population	<60,000	<80,000	<100,000	<150,000	<200,000	<250,000	<300,000	>300,000	Lyon	Marseille	Paris
Municipal councillors	45	49	53	55	59	61	65	69	73	101	163

Opinion polls

National

The Harris Interactive poll was based on communes with a population of at least 10,000.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Abs.	LO	NPA	PCF	FI	G.s	PS	EELV	DVG	LREM	MoDem	UDI	LR	DVD	DLF	RN	LP	DIV
Odoxa	22–23 January 2020	1,002	25%	–	–	–	7%	–	11%	13.5%	–	18%	–	–	13.5%	–	–	14%	–	19%
Harris Interactive	22 May–7 Jun 2018	1,674	–	2%		9%		2%	19%			27%		5%	18%		5%	13%	<0.5%	–
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	36.45%	0.60%		3.13%		–	18.01%	1.16%	15.88%	–	0.97%	2.33%	18.51%	24.57%	(DVD)	4.76%	–	10.09%

By commune

Bordeaux

The April 2018 and May 2019 Ifop polls were commissioned by Esprit Bordeaux, an association founded by supporters of Alain Juppé, later backing Nicolas Florian.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Prud'homme LFI	Darchy LFI	Rouveyre PS	Hurmic EELV	Feltesse DVG	Cazenave LREM	Fabre LREM	Florian LR	Juppé DVD	Jay RN	Colombier RN	Others
Ifop	9–13 May 2019	600	13%	–	7%	14%	8%	8%	–	45%	–	5%	–	<0.5%
Ifop	20–28 Apr 2018	800	–	10%	10%	9%	9%	–	9%	–	51%	–	2%	–
			–	10%	11%	9%	9%	–	56% (Juppé)			–	5%	–
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	4.59%		22.58% (Feltesse)			–	–	–	60.94%	–	6.06%	5.81%

Lille

First round

The March 2019 OpinionWay poll was sponsored by The Republicans, while La République En Marche! commissioned the BVA poll conducted in October 2018, which did not specify a specific LR candidate.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	EXG	Bocquet PCF	Quatennens LFI	Aubry PS	Baly EELV	Spillebout LREM	Petit LREM	Darmanin LREM	Castelain DVD	Daubresse LR	Cattelin-Denu RN	Others
OpinionWay	Mar 2019	836	–	–	14%	22%	–	5%	11%	–	–	18%	–	–
BVA	15–20 Oct 2018	699	<0.5%	3%	10%	15%	16%	–	–	17%	7%	14%	17%	–
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	6.12%	6.16%		34.85%	11.08%	–	–	–	–	22.73%	17.15%	1.87%

Second round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Quatennens LFI	Aubry PS	Darmanin LREM	Daubresse LR	Cattelin-Denu RN
BVA	15–20 Oct 2018	699	–	41%	37%	–	22%
			14%	26%	38%	–	22%
2014 election	30 Mar 2014	–	–	52.05%	–	29.71%	18.22%

Lyon

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Perrin-Gilbert LFI	Doucet EELV	Runel PS	Collomb LREM	Képénékian LREM	Kimelfeld LREM	Blanc LR	Marion RN
Ifop-Fiducial	28 Sep–3 Oct 2018	802	14%	16%	10%	31%	–	–	18%	11%
			14%	17%	11%	–	28%	–	19%	11%
			15%	17%	11%	–	–	27%	19%	11%
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	7.56%	8.90%	35.76% (Collomb)		–	–	30.49%	12.19%

Marseille

The February 2019 Ifop poll was commissioned by Génération engagement, the financing association of Bruno Gilles, the PollingVox polls by l'Association des Amis de Martine Vassal (with Bruno Gilles as a miscellaneous right candidate in June 2019), and the February 2018 Ifop poll by Cap sur l'avenir 13, the micro-party of Renaud Muselier.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Coppola PCF	Camard LFI	Mélenchon LFI	Payan PS	Ghali PS	Ahamada LREM	Castaner LREM	Muselier LR	Boyer LR	Vassal LR	Gilles DVD	Ravier RN	Others
PollingVox	11–15 Jun 2019	1,003	4%	14%	–	–	13%	9%	–	–	–	29%	10%	21%	–
			5%	14%	–	–	16%	39% (Vassal)						26%	–
Ifop	20–23 Feb 2019	803	4%	12%	–	–	19%	15%	–	–	–	–	27%	21%	2%
Elabe	6–12 Sep 2018	1,001	3.5%	–	19%	–	16%	–	17.5%	27.5%	–	–	–	16.5%	–
			3.5%	–	19%	–	14.5%	–	14%	–	–	34%	–	15%	–
PollingVox	14–18 Jun 2018	1,004	3%	–	21%	–	14%	–	17%	–	–	25%	–	20%	–
Ifop	2–5 Feb 2018	700	2%	–	21%	–	14%	–	20%	26%	–	–	–	17%	–
			2%	–	21%	–	13%	–	22%	–	24%	–	–	18%	–
			2%	–	22%	–	13%	–	20%	–	–	24%	–	19%	–
			4%	–	22%	10%	44% (Muselier)				–	–	–	20%	–
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	7.10% (Coppola)			20.77% (Mennucci)		–	–	37.64% (Gaudin)				23.16%	11.33%

Marseille's 5th sector

The May 2019 BVA poll was commissioned by Les amis de Lionel Royer-Perreaut, the micro-party of its namesake.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Cavagnera LFI	Pigamo PS	Agresti LREM	Royer-Perreaut LR	Bez RN	Others
BVA	13–22 May 2019	741	9%	18%	11%	41%	21%	–
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	6.07%	15.28%	–	45.77%	25.55%	7.31%

Montpellier

The March 2018 Ifop poll was commissioned by Mohed Altrad.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	EXG	Ressiguier LFI	Doulain LFI	Ollier ECO	Delafosse PS	Saurel DVG	Vignal LREM	Altrad DIV	Gaillard DIV	Larue LR	Francis UDI	Jamet RN	Rokvam RN	Others
Harris Interactive	7–11 Jan 2020	616	<0.5%	-	10%	19%	10%	18%	7%	10%	5%	6%	-	-	10%	5%
Ifop	27–31 Mar 2018	662	2%	17%	-	-	12%	32% (Saurel)		15%	-	8%	3%	11%	-	<0.5%
			2%	16%	-	-	12%	29%	20% (Altrad)		-	6%	4%	11%	-	<0.5%
	2014 election	23 Mar 2014	3.18%	7.56%	-	-	22.93%	25.27%	–	–	-	22.71%	4.52%	13.80%	-	–

Mulhouse

The September 2018 OpinionWay poll was paid for by the city of Mulhouse and the outgoing majority led by Michèle Lutz.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Wostyn LO	Minery EELV	Schweitzer PS	Million LREM	Lutz LR	Ritz RN
OpinionWay	24 Sep–1 Oct 2018	1,003	4%	17%	12%	10%	44%	13%
			5%	18%	12%	50% (Lutz–Rottner)		15%
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	1.53%	3.05%	31.39%	–	42.16%	21.85%

Nancy

The June 2019 Ifop poll was conducted on behalf of the Socialist Party (PS).

First round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Nimsgern LO	Jouira LFI	Klein PS	Maguin EELV	Hénart MR	Morano LR	Hervé DVD	Eury RN	Others
Ifop	13–15 Jun 2019	603	0.5%	8%	25%	20%	28%	8%	2%	8%	0.5%
			<0.5%	8%	24%	20%	36% (Hénart)		3%	9%	<0.5%
			0.5%	8%	41% (Klein)		37%		3%	10%	0.5%

Second round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Klein PS	Hénart MR
Ifop	13–15 Jun 2019	603	53%	47%

Nanterre

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Eisenberg NPA	Morain FI	Jarry PCF	Coulondre LREM	Bedin LR	Others
Harris Interactive	18–23 Jan 2019	615	3%	7%	54%	12%	24%	–
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	2.77%	53.84%		–	39.65%	3.73%

Nantes

The June 2019 Ifop poll was conducted on behalf of the Socialist Party (PS).

First round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Croupy LFI	Rolland PS	Laernoes EELV	Errante LREM	Garnier LR	Bouchet RN	Others
Ifop	14–17 Jun 2019	703	6%	33%	23%	14%	15%	8%	1%
			8%	51% (Rolland)		15%	17%	8%	1%

Second round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Rolland PS	Errante LREM
Ifop	14–17 Jun 2019	703	68%	32%

Nice

First round

The Ifop poll conducted in December 2017 tested a "miscellaneous right and centre of the municipal majority" list led by Christian Estrosi in the event that Éric Ciotti headed a list representing The Republicans (LR) as well as considering Robert Injey as heading a list for La France Insoumise, and was commissioned by Les Amis de Christian Estrosi.

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Abs.	Injey PCF	Damiano LFI	Allemand PS–EELV	Roussel LREM	Estrosi LR			Ciotti LR	Kandel CNIP	Vardon RN	Arnautu RN	Others
Ifop	3–5 Apr 2019	602	–	2%	6%	17%	6%	–	–	51%	–	–	17%	–	1%
				2%	4%	15%	5%	–	35%	–	27%	–	12%	–	<0.5%
				2%	4%	16%	–	–	37%	–	29%	–	11%	–	1%
				2%	8%	18%	13%	–	–	–	44%	–	14%	–	1%
				2%	6%	15%	6%	–	–	47%	–	6%	17%	–	1%
Elabe	18–23 Mar 2019	709	39%	2.5%	4.5%	15%	7%	–	28%	–	27%	–	16%	–	–
				2%	4.5%	15.5%	6%	–	26.5%	–	27.5%	3.5%	14.5%	–	–
				2%	4.5%	16.5%	–	32%	–	–	29%	–	16%	–	–
				2%	4.5%	16%	–	31%	–	–	27%	3%	16.5%	–	–
Ifop	4–6 Dec 2017	604	–	–	8%	10%	15%	–	–	47%	–	–	–	17%	3%
				–	8%	10%	12%	–	37%	–	20%	–	–	12%	1%
				–	9%	11%	–	–	40%	–	26%	–	–	12%	2%
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	45.82%	5.38% (Injey)		15.25%	–	–	–	44.98%	–	10.12%	4.43%	15.59%	4.22%

Second round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Abs.	Allemand PS	Estrosi LR		Ciotti LR	Kandel CNIP	Vardon RN
Ifop	3–5 Apr 2019	602	–	19%	39%	–	30%	–	12%
				24%	–	57%	–	–	19%
2014 election	30 Mar 2014	–	46.60%	17.84%	–	48.61%	–	12.42%	21.10%

Nîmes

First round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Voinchet LFI	Bouger PCF	Cadène PS	Bouad PS	Tebib LREM	Lachaud LC	Fournier LR	Gillet RN	Others
OpinionWay	28 Mar–1 Apr 2019	502	10%	11%	10%	–	8%	18%	24%	19%	–
			12%	16% (Bouad)			26% (Lachaud)		27%	19%	–
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	12.04%		14.73% (Dumas)		–	–	37.18%	21.77%	14.27%

Second round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Bouget PCF	Bouad PS	Tebib LREM	Lachaud LC	Fournier LR	Gillet RN
OpinionWay	28 Mar–1 Apr 2019	502	28%	–	12%	–	39%	21%
			–	34%	–	38%	–	28%
2014 election	30 Mar 2014	–	14.83%	13.94%	–	–	46.80%	24.41%

Paris

The March 2019 Ifop poll did not name a specific EELV candidate. The January 2019 Viavoice poll was conducted for La République En Marche!, and did not test any potential candidates other than Benjamin Griveaux. The September 2018 Ifop poll scenario including Cédric Villani was commissioned by CFHJ, owned by a friend of Villani, and the June 2019 Ifop poll was also conducted on behalf of Villani.

First round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Abs.	EXG	Simonnet LFI	Gantzer PP	Hidalgo PS	Belliard EELV	Bayou EELV	Griveaux LREM	Villani DVC	Mahjoubi LREM	Renson LREM	Dati LR	Berthout LR	Bournazel Agir	Federbusch Aimer Paris	Saint-Just RN	Marcel Campion DIV	Others
Ifop	20–27 Jun 2019	951	–	1%	5%	2%	24%	14%	–	27%	–	–	–	16%	–	5%	5%	–	<0.5%	1%
				1%	6%	1.5%	23%	15%	–	–	26%	–	–	15%	–	6%	5%	–	0.5%	1%
BVA Archived 2019-06-21 at the Wayback Machine	6–11 Jun 2019	1,294	–	1.5%	5%	3%	21%	13%	–	25%	–	–	–	15%	–	5%	5%	–	1%	5.5%
				1.5%	5%	3%	21%	13%	–	–	25%	–	–	15%	–	5%	5%	–	1%	5.5%
				1.5%	5%	3%	21%	13%	–	–	–	22%	–	16%	–	6%	5%	–	1%	6.5%
Elabe	28–31 Mar 2019	999	51%	1%	8.5%	4%	22%	–	9.5%	21%	–	–	–	19.5%	–	5%	4.5%	–	0.5%	4.5%
				1.5%	9%	4.5%	21.5%	–	10%	23%	–	–	–	–	15%	4%	4.5%	–	1.5%	5.5%
				2.5%	6.5%	4.5%	22%	–	7.5%	–	20%	–	–	21%	–	4.5%	4.5%	–	1.5%	5.5%
				1.5%	8.5%	3.5%	25%	–	8.5%	–	21%	–	–	–	14.5%	4.5%	5%	–	1.5%	6.5%
				1%	8.5%	4.5%	21%	–	10.5%	–	–	14%	–	23%	–	5%	5%	–	1.5%	6%
				1%	8%	6.5%	22%	–	10%	–	–	17.5%	–	–	16.5%	5.5%	4.5%	–	1.5%	7%
Ifop-Fiducial	14–21 Mar 2019	956	–	1%	8%	3%	24%	–	10%	22%	–	–	–	16%	–	7%	–	6%	1%	2%
				1%	8%	4.5%	25%	–	10%	23%	–	–	–	–	14%	4.5%	–	7%	1%	2%
				1%	8%	5%	24%	–	10%	–	20%	–	–	15%	–	6%	–	6.5%	1%	3.5%
				1%	8%	5%	23%	–	11%	–	–	20%	–	15%	–	7%	–	6%	1%	3%
Viavoice	7–25 Jan 2019	2,037	–	3%	8%	–	24%	–	13%	28%	–	–	–	–	17%	–	–	4%	–	3%
Ifop	12–14 Sep 2018	944	–	1%	7%	4%	23%	–	9%	23%	–	–	–	–	21%	–	–	6%	2%	4%
				2%	7%	5%	24%	–	8%	–	–	20%	–	–	23%	–	–	6%	1%	4%
				2%	7%	5%	25%	–	11%	–	–	–	17%	–	22%	–	–	6%	1%	4%
Ifop				1%	8%	4%	23%	–	9%	–	23%	–	–	–	21%	–	–	6%	1%	4%
Ifop-Fiducial	19–22 Mar 2018	973	–	1%	11%	–	29% (Hidalgo)			32%	–	–	–	–	21%	–	–	6%	–	–
				2%	12%	–	41% (Hidalgo)							–	38%	–	–	7%	–	–
				2%	12%	–	39% (Hidalgo)			40% (Berthout)						–	–	7%	–	–
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	43.73%	1.10%	4.94%	–	34.40%	8.86%		–	–	–	–	35.91%		–	–	6.26%	–	8.79%

Second round

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Hidalgo PS	Griveaux LREM	Villani DVC	Dati LR
Ifop	20–27 Jun 2019	951	51%	49%	–	–
			49%	–	51%	–
2014 election	30 Mar 2014	–	53.33%	–	–	44.06%

Perpignan

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	EXG	Assens FI	Fiter PCF	Neuville PS	Langevine EELV	Ripoull DIV	Grau LREM	Pujol LR	Amiel LR	Aliot RN	Others
Ifop	15–20 Mar 2019	703	1%	5%	5%	12%	5%	9%	16%	16%	–	29%	2%
			2%	6%	4%	11%	9%	9%	17%	–	13%	27%	2%
			1%	5%	3%	13%	8%	11%	27% (Pujol)			29%	3%
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	3.26%	–	11.87% (Cresta)		5.66%	9.62%	–	30.67%	–	34.18%	4.72%

Toulon

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Abs.	Defrance LO	de Ubeda PCF	Léandri LFI	Driquez PS	Rebec EELV	Lesage AEI	Muschotti LREM	Maginot AC	Falco LR	Perrot DLF	Navaranne RN	Michel EXD
Elabe	18–23 Mar 2019	706	37%	1%	2%	3.5%	4%	5.5%	2%	4.5%	0.5%	57%	2.5%	15%	2.5%
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	47.78%	0.81%	4.01% (de Ubeda)		10.11% (Alfonsi)		3.05%	–	–	59.26%	–	20.47%	2.26%

Toulouse

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Abs.	EXG	Bompard LFI	Sellin LFI	Raynal PS	Pellefigue UNE	Maurice EELV	Nogal LREM	Portarrieu LREM	Moudenc LR	Lamotte RN	Others
BVA	6–9 May 2019	671	41%	2%	10%	–	12%	5%	16%	8%	–	36%	8%	3%
				2%	11%	–	13%	5%	16%	40% (Moudenc)			9%	4%
Ifop	12–17 Apr 2019	608	–	1%	–	11%	15%	6%	14%	–	9%	36%	7%	1%
2014 election	23 Mar 2014	–	47.78%	2.30%	5.10%		32.26%	–	6.98%	–	–	38.19%	8.15%	7.00%

2019 European elections in communes with at least 100,000 inhabitants

Main article: 2019 European Parliament election in France § Communes with at least 100,000 inhabitants

Commune	Mayor		RN		LREM–MoDem		EELV		LR–LC		FI		PS–PP–ND		DLF–CNIP		G.s		UDI		PCF		PA		GE–MEI–MdP		UPR		LO		LP		AJ		Others		T/o
			#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Aix-en-Provence		LR	7,644	17.64	12,605	29.10	7,311	16.88	4,396	10.15	2,420	5.59	2,505	5.78	899	2.08	1,080	2.49	893	2.06	769	1.78	669	1.54	754	1.74	523	1.21	137	0.32	154	0.36	156	0.36	407	0.94	49.78
Amiens		UDI	6,647	20.48	8,296	25.56	4,116	12.68	1,799	5.54	3,410	10.51	1,676	5.16	829	2.55	1,229	3.79	848	2.61	878	2.71	852	2.63	651	2.01	341	1.05	230	0.71	187	0.58	118	0.36	346	1.07	46.92
Angers		DVD	5,217	11.95	12,299	28.16	8,243	18.88	4,293	9.83	2,176	4.98	3,565	8.16	879	2.01	1,961	4.49	1,117	2.56	815	1.87	765	1.75	912	2.09	439	1.01	318	0.73	68	0.16	161	0.37	441	1.01	50.29
Annecy		UDI	5,663	14.13	11,670	29.11	7,719	19.25	3,969	9.90	1,677	4.18	2,592	6.47	1,083	2.70	1,066	2.66	999	2.49	540	1.35	672	1.68	920	2.29	443	1.10	196	0.49	178	0.44	149	0.37	555	1.38	51.22
Argenteuil		LR	3,393	18.34	3,822	20.66	2,192	11.85	949	5.13	2,254	12.18	1,087	5.88	494	2.67	1,159	6.27	425	2.30	727	3.93	426	2.30	419	2.26	354	1.91	222	1.20	141	0.76	94	0.51	341	1.84	36.19
Besançon		REM	4,551	14.39	7,594	24.02	5,892	18.63	2,600	8.22	2,565	8.11	2,433	7.69	663	2.10	1,288	4.07	600	1.90	907	2.87	622	1.97	722	2.28	350	1.11	236	0.75	169	0.53	120	0.38	308	0.97	48.65
Bordeaux		LR	7,167	9.40	22,476	29.47	16,434	21.55	6,879	9.02	4,725	6.20	6,481	8.50	1,017	1.33	3,214	4.21	1,363	1.79	1,617	2.12	1,064	1.40	1,501	1.97	832	1.09	335	0.44	236	0.31	209	0.27	714	0.94	51.90
Boulogne-Billancourt		LR	3,094	7.54	16,760	40.86	5,485	13.37	6,622	16.14	1,134	2.76	2,039	4.97	592	1.44	925	2.26	1,060	2.58	407	0.99	702	1.71	665	1.62	412	1.00	82	0.20	53	0.13	88	0.21	899	2.19	58.90
Brest		PS	5,931	14.83	9,297	23.24	7,370	18.43	2,534	6.34	2,927	7.32	3,591	8.98	728	1.82	2,507	6.27	767	1.92	926	2.32	621	1.55	669	1.67	468	1.17	283	0.71	102	0.26	102	0.26	1,173	2.93	49.36
Caen		LR	3,808	12.56	8,128	26.80	5,708	18.82	2,458	8.10	1,985	6.54	2,587	8.53	594	1.96	1,509	4.98	647	2.13	636	2.10	570	1.88	604	1.99	312	1.03	216	0.71	151	0.50	118	0.39	299	0.99	55.39
Clermont-Ferrand		PS	4,850	14.43	7,761	23.09	5,245	15.61	2,722	8.10	2,634	7.84	2,915	8.67	550	1.64	1,735	5.16	1,238	3.68	1,197	3.56	740	2.20	468	1.39	385	1.15	255	0.76	160	0.48	167	0.50	583	1.73	48.49
Dijon		PS	6,575	15.43	10,893	25.56	7,127	16.72	3,866	9.07	2,756	6.47	3,209	7.53	1,103	2.59	1,593	3.74	959	2.25	840	1.97	1,135	2.66	966	2.27	505	1.18	291	0.68	213	0.50	150	0.35	436	1.02	52.96
Grenoble		EELV	4,809	11.71	9,836	23.96	9,181	22.36	2,581	6.29	3,224	7.85	3,851	9.38	600	1.46	2,193	5.34	710	1.73	1,120	2.73	612	1.49	753	1.83	425	1.04	276	0.67	151	0.37	92	0.22	646	1.57	50.00
Le Havre		LR	10,063	22.55	9,592	21.50	5,810	13.02	2,319	5.20	4,094	9.18	2,510	5.63	1,153	2.58	1,144	2.56	928	2.08	2,598	5.82	1,043	2.34	623	1.40	530	1.19	301	0.67	322	0.72	224	0.50	1,366	3.06	44.78
Le Mans		PS	7,330	16.93	10,076	23.27	6,892	15.92	3,529	8.15	3,099	7.16	3,843	8.87	1,193	2.75	1,574	3.63	936	2.16	1,104	2.55	713	1.65	662	1.53	336	0.78	494	1.14	132	0.30	235	0.54	1,156	2.67	50.81
Lille		PS	7,599	13.85	12,119	22.08	11,917	21.71	2,732	4.98	5,637	10.27	4,562	8.31	788	1.44	2,768	5.04	950	1.73	1,479	2.69	1,147	2.09	1,057	1.93	639	1.16	406	0.74	245	0.45	168	0.31	671	1.22	45.82
Limoges		LR	6,586	17.53	8,548	22.75	4,816	12.82	3,537	9.41	2,839	7.56	3,701	9.85	868	2.31	1,801	4.79	698	1.86	1,276	3.40	936	2.49	632	1.68	372	0.99	328	0.87	158	0.42	211	0.56	270	0.72	52.36
Lyon		REM	15,551	10.25	43,632	28.76	31,865	21.00	15,739	10.37	8,904	5.87	11,304	7.45	2,330	1.54	5,852	3.86	3,520	2.32	3,178	2.09	2,225	1.47	3,006	1.98	1,517	1.00	726	0.48	398	0.26	312	0.21	1,668	1.10	57.32
Marseille		LR	55,974	26.31	43,803	20.59	29,120	13.69	17,583	8.26	17,521	8.23	10,993	5.17	5,161	2.43	6,452	3.03	3,041	1.43	7,285	3.42	3,141	1.48	3,644	1.71	2,819	1.32	1,005	0.47	1,314	0.62	1,008	0.47	2,920	1.37	43.79
Metz		PS	5,983	20.08	7,376	24.75	4,504	15.12	2,364	7.93	1,470	4.93	2,227	7.47	922	3.09	1,074	3.60	656	2.20	647	2.17	727	2.44	482	1.62	345	1.16	234	0.79	171	0.57	115	0.39	501	1.68	44.06
Montpellier		DVG	10,421	15.33	15,479	22.77	13,282	19.53	4,229	6.22	6,716	9.88	5,650	8.31	1,083	1.59	2,964	4.36	929	1.37	1,734	2.55	1,121	1.65	1,705	2.51	984	1.45	355	0.52	273	0.40	315	0.46	752	1.11	46.30
Montreuil		PCF	2,383	8.97	4,291	16.16	6,454	24.31	754	2.84	3,384	12.74	2,229	8.39	386	1.45	1,890	7.12	361	1.36	2,293	8.64	481	1.81	530	2.00	347	1.31	261	0.98	60	0.23	88	0.33	361	1.36	47.30
Mulhouse		LR	4,205	21.77	4,330	22.41	2,649	13.71	1,259	6.52	1,419	7.35	1,164	6.03	543	2.81	513	2.66	421	2.18	314	1.63	473	2.45	400	2.07	357	1.85	130	0.67	158	0.82	93	0.48	891	4.61	41.71
Nancy		MR	3,017	11.85	7,196	28.27	4,552	17.88	2,279	8.95	1,462	5.74	2,320	9.11	580	2.28	1,046	4.11	632	2.48	557	2.19	524	2.06	385	1.51	302	1.19	150	0.59	138	0.54	56	0.22	258	1.01	52.21
Nantes		PS	8,267	8.44	25,787	26.34	23,838	24.35	8,456	8.64	5,984	6.11	9,222	9.42	1,504	1.54	4,656	4.76	1,942	1.98	1,997	2.04	1,193	1.22	2,107	2.15	923	0.94	599	0.61	162	0.17	210	0.21	1,058	1.08	53.38
Nice		LR	28,014	28.18	21,699	21.83	11,803	11.87	11,628	11.70	4,694	4.72	4,539	4.57	3,021	3.04	1,958	1.97	1,649	1.66	2,197	2.21	2,736	2.75	1,640	1.65	1,336	1.34	279	0.28	577	0.58	390	0.39	1,257	1.26	47.78
Nîmes		LR	9,455	24.43	8,374	21.64	5,072	13.11	3,845	9.94	2,745	7.09	2,382	6.16	911	2.35	1,072	2.77	601	1.55	1,571	4.06	683	1.76	604	1.56	511	1.32	182	0.47	237	0.61	182	0.47	270	0.70	45.42
Orléans		DVD	4,116	13.82	7,925	26.61	4,859	16.32	3,090	10.38	1,482	4.98	2,215	7.44	708	2.38	1,106	3.71	1,184	3.98	679	2.28	606	2.03	565	1.90	323	1.08	176	0.59	130	0.44	99	0.33	519	1.74	48.63
Paris		PS	53,829	7.23	244,918	32.92	148,377	19.94	75,722	10.18	39,515	5.31	60,814	8.17	9,427	1.27	32,275	4.34	12,909	1.73	23,655	3.18	9,503	1.28	11,770	1.58	7,647	1.03	2,903	0.39	1,514	0.20	1,088	0.15	8,191	1.10	57.88
Perpignan		LR	8,816	30.07	5,778	19.71	3,145	10.73	2,244	7.66	2,113	7.21	1,648	5.62	781	2.66	898	3.06	450	1.54	805	2.75	664	2.27	587	2.00	385	1.31	212	0.72	271	0.92	160	0.55	357	1.22	46.40
Reims		LR	10,424	24.42	10,021	23.47	5,293	12.40	3,704	8.68	2,587	6.06	2,463	5.77	1,032	2.42	1,471	3.45	1,100	2.58	840	1.97	1,302	3.05	709	1.66	516	1.21	435	1.02	240	0.56	203	0.48	353	0.83	44.68
Rennes		PS	4,771	7.89	15,836	26.19	14,713	24.33	3,962	6.55	3,838	6.35	6,594	10.91	764	1.26	3,644	6.03	1,149	1.90	1,736	2.87	634	1.05	1,094	1.81	505	0.84	423	0.70	82	0.14	133	0.22	583	0.96	54.25
Rouen		PS	3,736	13.45	7,106	25.57	5,093	18.33	2,030	7.31	2,163	7.78	2,353	8.47	513	1.85	1,235	4.44	628	2.26	818	2.94	552	1.99	553	1.99	305	1.10	167	0.60	134	0.48	81	0.29	318	1.14	51.09
Saint-Denis (Réunion)		PS	8,455	27.12	4,287	13.75	2,789	8.95	1,496	4.80	4,510	14.47	4,160	13.34	702	2.25	884	2.84	675	2.17	529	1.70	501	1.61	607	1.95	857	2.75	308	0.99	311	1.00	10	0.03	92	0.30	32.60
Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)		PCF	1,918	13.10	2,330	15.92	2,143	14.64	453	3.09	2,288	15.63	1,029	7.03	240	1.64	1,011	6.91	251	1.71	1,420	9.70	215	1.47	263	1.80	379	2.59	240	1.64	85	0.58	77	0.53	297	2.03	33.90
Saint-Étienne		LR	7,846	19.54	9,022	22.46	5,869	14.61	3,794	9.45	3,096	7.71	2,510	6.25	1,006	2.50	1,889	4.70	820	2.04	1,328	3.31	721	1.80	793	1.97	462	1.15	278	0.69	183	0.46	207	0.52	338	0.84	46.30
Saint-Paul		LR	5,902	28.07	2,834	13.48	2,414	11.48	1,024	4.87	4,047	19.25	984	4.68	509	2.42	492	2.34	409	1.95	380	1.81	405	1.93	467	2.22	647	3.08	227	1.08	208	0.99	22	0.10	52	0.25	28.46
Strasbourg		PS	8,802	12.80	19,077	27.75	14,220	20.69	5,017	7.30	4,743	6.90	5,294	7.70	1,169	1.70	2,749	4.00	1,414	2.06	1,048	1.52	1,257	1.83	1,385	2.01	838	1.22	352	0.51	276	0.40	200	0.29	902	1.31	49.94
Toulon		LR	14,870	30.71	10,207	21.08	4,460	9.21	5,158	10.65	2,770	5.72	2,210	4.56	1,580	3.26	1,008	2.08	1,016	2.10	1,036	2.14	1,329	2.74	926	1.91	671	1.39	208	0.43	350	0.72	251	0.52	367	0.76	48.38
Toulouse		LR	14,253	11.43	30,704	24.62	26,539	21.28	9,262	7.43	10,942	8.77	11,532	9.25	1,924	1.54	5,993	4.81	2,058	1.65	3,429	2.75	1,887	1.51	1,940	1.56	1,438	1.15	699	0.56	314	0.25	510	0.41	1,291	1.04	52.39
Tours		MR	5,294	14.26	9,522	25.66	6,746	18.18	3,395	9.15	2,312	6.23	2,944	7.93	934	2.52	1,503	4.05	838	2.26	785	2.12	696	1.88	770	2.07	408	1.10	270	0.73	136	0.37	139	0.37	421	1.13	48.23
Villeurbanne		PS	5,223	14.57	8,198	22.87	7,253	20.23	2,373	6.62	2,704	7.54	2,921	8.15	764	2.13	1,464	4.08	806	2.25	879	2.45	692	1.93	779	2.17	462	1.29	246	0.69	131	0.37	99	0.28	858	2.39	44.25

Results

Both La République En Marche! and National Rally lost numerous seats and mayorships. La République En Marche! managed to retain mayorship of Le Havre by the Prime minister Edouard Philippe (he resigned national position on 3 July). National Rally by itself lost about half of its representatives. Louis Aliot became the first National Rally Mayor in Perpignan with a city of more than 100,000 people (although Aliot ran as independent). Les Republicains also suffered losses. Most of them were in large cities, where mayorships were lost to the Greens, although Les Republicains lost seats to the National Rally in small towns.

The Greens made significant gains in the election. They triumphed in Lyon, Marseille, Nancy, Strasbourg and Bordeaux. Anne Hidalgo and Martine Aubry retained their respective mayoralties of Paris and Lille. Including them, female candidates won in half of France's largest cities. Only 40% of the electorate participated in the second round, a significant drop from the prior local elections, likely due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marie Cau was elected the first transgender mayor in France, in Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes.

National results

	List-based municipalities				Majority ballots municipalities				All municipalities
	First round		Second round		First round		Second round		First round		Second round
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Expressed	15,789,730	95.36	6,175,538	97.08	4,058,899	97.06	483,307	94.94	19,848,629	95.70	6,658,845	96.92
Blank ballots	286,499	1.73	104,008	1.64	38,838	0.93	10,462	2.06	325,337	1.57	114,470	1.67
Null ballots	482,150	2.91	81,694	1.28	84,089	2.01	15,321	3.01	566,239	2.73	97,015	1.41
Voters	16,558,379	100	6,361,240	100	4,181,826	100	509,090	100	20,740,205	100	6,870,330	100
Abstentions	22,900,121	58.04	9,147,843	58.98	2,797,085	40.08	393,174	43.58	25,697,206	55.34	9,541,017	58.14
Registered voters	39,458,500	41.96	15,509,083	41.02	6,978,911	59.92	902,264	56.42	46,437,411	44.66	16,411,347	41.86

Results by political grouping (Only concerns municipalities with more than 1000 habitants)

List			First round			Second round			Total seats	Seat change
			Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	EXG	Far-left	76,499	0.49	26	5,565	0.09	5	31	30
	Far-left		76,499	0.49	26	5,565	0.09	5	31
	PCF	French Communist Party	166,703	1.07	1,072	56,273	0.91	354	1,426	230
	LFI	La France Insoumise	68,208	0.44	26	12,290	0.20	20	46	New
	PS	Socialist Party	287,180	1.84	1,810	120,317	1.95	759	2,569	9,709
	PRG	Radical Party of the Left	3,403	0.02	54	0	0.00	0	54	New
	DVG	Miscellaneous left	2,364,848	14.98	15,023	1,073,093	17.38	7,607	22,630	21,609
	UG	Union de la gauche	806,534	5.16	2,287	845,022	13.68	1,943	4,320	8,692
	Left		3,696,876	23.51	20,272	2,106,995	34.12	10,683	31,045
	EELV	Europe Ecology – The Greens	373,959	2.37	183	127,049	2.06	332	515	182
	ECO	Ecologists	137,540	0.87	426	73,093	1.18	430	856	New
	Left Ecologists		511,499	3.24	609	200,142	3.24	762	1,371
	DIV	Miscellaneous	1,121,434	7.10	8,986	480,324	7.78	4,393	13,379	21,322
	SE	Undesignated lists	4,089,704	25.90	115,394	396,396	6.42	7,820	123,214	New
	REG	Regionalists	79,390	0.50	246	42,612	0.69	273	519	New
	GJ	Gilets jaunes	3,258	0.02	2	87	0.00	0	2	New
	Miscellaneous		5,293,786	33.52	124,628	919,419	14.89	12,486	137,114
	LREM	La République En Marche!	260,047	1.65	268	110,608	1.79	356	624	New
	MDM	Democratic Movement	20,050	0.13	65	7,373	0.12	38	103	894
	UDI	Union of Democrats and Independents	95,945	0.61	561	51,087	0.83	358	919	4,454
	UC	Union du centre	262,863	1.66	320	142,147	2.30	284	604	40
	DVC	Miscellaneous centre	1,327,168	8.41	8,291	661,943	10.72	4,561	12,852	New
	Centre		1,966,073	12.46	9,505	973,158	15.76	5,597	15,102
	LR	The Republicans	725,454	4.59	3,534	330,615	5.35	1,639	5,173	5,978
	LUD	Union de la droite	355,326	2.25	547	327,482	5.30	820	1,367	9,968
	DVD	Miscellaneous right	2,764,243	17.51	22,332	1,147,627	18.58	8,225	30,557	45,705
	DLF	Debout la France	4,732	0.03	5	427	0.01	1	6	New
	Right		3,849,755	24.38	26,418	1,806,151	29.24	10,685	37,103
	RN	National Rally	363,699	2.30	498	145,900	2.36	329	827	671
	EXD	Far-right	26,266	0.17	43	18,208	0.30	108	151	51
	Far-right		389,965	2.47	541	164,108	2.66	437	978
	Election postponed due to COVID-19 (Guiana only)							164	164

Communes with at least 70,000 inhabitants

Incumbent mayors marked with an asterisk (*) did not seek another term in 2020.

Commune	Department	Incumbent mayor	Party		Elected mayor	Party
Aix-en-Provence	Bouches-du-Rhône	Maryse Joissains-Masini		LR	Maryse Joissains-Masini		LR
Ajaccio	Corse-du-Sud	Laurent Marcangeli		DVD	Laurent Marcangeli		DVD
Amiens	Somme	Brigitte Fouré		UDI	Brigitte Fouré		UDI
Angers	Maine-et-Loire	Christophe Béchu		DVD	Christophe Béchu		DVD
Annecy	Haute-Savoie	Jean-Luc Rigaut		UDI	François Astorg		ECO
Antibes	Alpes-Maritimes	Jean Leonetti		LR	Jean Leonetti		LR
Argenteuil	Val-d'Oise	Georges Mothron		LR	Georges Mothron		LR
Asnières-sur-Seine	Hauts-de-Seine	Manuel Aeschlimann		LR	Manuel Aeschlimann		LR
Aubervilliers	Seine-Saint-Denis	Meriem Derkaoui		PCF	Karine Franclet		UDI
Aulnay-sous-Bois	Seine-Saint-Denis	Bruno Beschizza		LR	Bruno Beschizza		LR
Avignon	Vaucluse	Cécile Helle		PS	Cécile Helle		PS
Besançon	Doubs	Jean-Louis Fousseret		LREM	Anne Vignot		EELV
Béziers	Hérault	Robert Ménard		DVD	Robert Ménard		DVD
Bordeaux	Gironde	Nicolas Florian		LR	Pierre Hurmic		EELV
Boulogne-Billancourt	Hauts-de-Seine	Pierre-Christophe Baguet		LR	Pierre-Christophe Baguet		LR
Brest	Finistère	François Cuillandre		PS	François Cuillandre		PS
Caen	Calvados	Joël Bruneau		LR	Joël Bruneau		LR
Calais	Pas-de-Calais	Natacha Bouchart		LR	Natacha Bouchart		LR
Cannes	Alpes-Maritimes	David Lisnard		LR	David Lisnard		LR
Champigny-sur-Marne	Val-de-Marne	Christian Fautré		PCF	Laurent Jeanne		SL
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin	Manche	Benoît Arrivé		PS	Benoît Arrivé		PS
Clermont-Ferrand	Puy-de-Dôme	Olivier Bianchi		PS	Olivier Bianchi		PS
Colombes	Hauts-de-Seine	Nicole Goueta		LR	Patrick Chaimovitch		EELV
Courbevoie	Hauts-de-Seine	Jacques Kossowski		LR	Jacques Kossowski		LR
Créteil	Val-de-Marne	Laurent Cathala		PS	Laurent Cathala		PS
Dijon	Côte-d'Or	François Rebsamen		PS	François Rebsamen		PS
Drancy	Seine-Saint-Denis	Aude Lagarde		UDI	Aude Lagarde		UDI
Dunkerque	Nord	Patrice Vergriete		DVG	Patrice Vergriete		DVG
Fort-de-France	Martinique	Didier Laguerre		PPM	Didier Laguerre		PPM
Grenoble	Isère	Éric Piolle		EELV	Éric Piolle		EELV
La Rochelle	Charente-Maritime	Jean-François Fountaine		DVG	Jean-François Fountaine		DVG
Le Havre	Seine-Maritime	Jean-Baptiste Gastinne		LR	Édouard Philippe		DVD
Le Mans	Sarthe	Stéphane Le Foll		PS	Stéphane Le Foll		PS
Le Tampon	Réunion	André Thien Ah Koon		DVD	André Thien Ah Koon		DVD
Lille	Nord	Martine Aubry		PS	Martine Aubry		PS
Limoges	Haute-Vienne	Emile-Roger Lombertie		LR	Emile-Roger Lombertie		LR
Lyon	Lyon Metropolis	Gérard Collomb*		LREM	Grégory Doucet		EELV
Mamoudzou	Mayotte	Mohamed Majani		LREM	Ambdilwahedou Soumaila		LR
Marseille	Bouches-du-Rhône	Jean-Claude Gaudin*		LR	Michèle Rubirola		EELV
Mérignac	Gironde	Alain Anziani		PS	Alain Anziani		PS
Metz	Moselle	Dominique Gros*		PS	François Grosdidier		LR
Montpellier	Hérault	Philippe Saurel		DVG	Michaël Delafosse		PS
Montreuil	Seine-Saint-Denis	Patrice Bessac		PCF	Patrice Bessac		PCF
Mulhouse	Haut-Rhin	Michèle Lutz		LR	Michèle Lutz		LR
Nancy	Meurthe-et-Moselle	Laurent Hénart		MR	Mathieu Klein		PS
Nanterre	Hauts-de-Seine	Patrick Jarry		DVG	Patrick Jarry		DVG
Nantes	Loire-Atlantique	Johanna Rolland		PS	Johanna Rolland		PS
Nice	Alpes-Maritimes	Christian Estrosi		LR	Christian Estrosi		LR
Nîmes	Gard	Jean-Paul Fournier		LR	Jean-Paul Fournier		LR
Nouméa	New Caledonia	Sonia Lagarde		LREM	Sonia Lagarde		LREM
Orléans	Loiret	Olivier Carré		LREM	Serge Grouard		LR
Paris	Paris	Anne Hidalgo		PS	Anne Hidalgo		PS
Pau	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	François Bayrou		MoDem	François Bayrou		MoDem
Perpignan	Pyrénées-Orientales	Jean-Marc Pujol		LR	Louis Aliot		RN
Poitiers	Vienne	Alain Claeys		PS	Léonore Moncond'huy		EELV
Reims	Marne	Arnaud Robinet		LR	Arnaud Robinet		LR
Rennes	Ille-et-Vilaine	Nathalie Appéré		PS	Nathalie Appéré		PS
Roubaix	Nord	Guillaume Delbar		DVD	Guillaume Delbar		DVD
Rouen	Seine-Maritime	Yvon Robert*		PS	Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol		PS
Rueil-Malmaison	Hauts-de-Seine	Patrick Ollier		LR	Patrick Ollier		LR
Saint-Denis	Réunion	Gilbert Annette		PS	Ericka Bareigts		PS
Saint-Denis	Seine-Saint-Denis	Laurent Russier		PCF	Mathieu Hanotin		PS
Saint-Étienne	Loire	Gaël Perdriau		LR	Gaël Perdriau		LR
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés	Seine-Saint-Denis	Sylvain Berrios		LR	Sylvain Berrios		LR
Saint-Nazaire	Loire-Atlantique	David Samzun		PS	David Samzun		PS
Saint-Paul	Réunion	Joseph Sinimalé		LR	Huguette Bello		PLR
Saint-Pierre	Réunion	Michel Fontaine		LR	Michel Fontaine		LR
Strasbourg	Bas-Rhin	Roland Ries*		DVG	Jeanne Barseghian		EELV
Toulon	Var	Hubert Falco		LR	Hubert Falco		LR
Toulouse	Haute-Garonne	Jean-Luc Moudenc		LR	Jean-Luc Moudenc		LR
Tourcoing	Nord	Jean-Marie Vuylsteker*		LR	Gérald Darmanin		LREM
Tours	Indre-et-Loire	Christophe Bouchet		MR	Emmanuel Denis		EELV
Versailles	Yvelines	François de Mazières		DVD	François de Mazières		DVD
Villeurbanne	Lyon Metropolis	Jean-Paul Bret		PS	Cédric Van Styvendael		PS
Vitry-sur-Seine	Val-de-Marne	Jean-Claude Kennedy		PCF	Pierre Bell-Lloch		PCF

See also

• 2020 Paris municipal election
• 2022 French presidential election
• 2019 European Parliament election in France